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"People are facing many economic hardships," said the abbot, U Thudassa.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

“I am looking forward to the silence finally stopping, because 54 years of silence is a long time,” said Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, the abbot of the seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

But she goes over the head of her adversarial abbot, Cuno, and convinces the Pope that her visions are the voice of God.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

Mr Shi, who has been Shaolin Temple's abbot since 1999, has earned the nickname "CEO monk" for transforming the institution into a global brand.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025

He wasn’t sure whether, as a Jew, he was allowed to refer to the abbot as “father”—either in his religion or theirs—but he figured it was safest to do whatever William did.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

“Not many abbots built castles as well as monasteries.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2022

There are also temples which have attracted large and dedicated followings, through skilful promotion of charismatic monks and abbots, said to have supernatural powers.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2017

Splattered across the lands of central Europe are countless territories overseen by an emperor who shared power with a hierarchy spanning princes, bishops and dukes, down to abbots, knights and city councils.

From Economist ● Apr. 14, 2016

It also provides name checks for the successive abbots who oversaw the commission: Jerome and Benedetto.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2015

In the month of October 1150,203 Frederick held at Roncaille, between Parma and Placentia, an assembly, in which the bishops and abbots acknowledged that they held from him their royal privileges.

From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou